TOKYO -- It's been 13 years since Takanobu Nishimoto started an "old guy rental" service to raise the social status of ...

A complaint by a PTA member at an elementary school in this west Japan city led to the association's dissolution in 2020 and ...

Applications for deferred payment of expressway tolls following a major failure of Japan's electronic toll collection (ETC) ...

The United States held on to its overnight lead and lifted the season-ending World Team Trophy in figure skating on Saturday ...

With Sunday marking one week since the opening of the six-month World Exposition on an artificial island in Osaka Bay, ...

A giant whale sculpture made of ocean plastic waste is being exhibited in London, but what was meant to raise awareness on ...

Enjoy the Mainichi Shimbun's "spot the difference" puzzle. The rules are simple: find the seven differences between the two ...

A one-month-old girl without underlying health conditions died after being infected with whooping cough, a highly contagious ...

A subcommittee of an advisory body to Japan's minister of justice on reviewing the retrial system will include a former judge ...

The Japanese government has announced a plan to evacuate residents from Okinawa Prefecture's Sakishima Islands to eight ...

HYUGA, Miyazaki -- Delicate blue-purple nemophila flowers, also known as "baby blue eyes," are at their best at a park in ...

CHIBA -- The Force was strong with this city just east of Tokyo as "Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025," a major fan conference ...